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Hoya carnosa (L.F.) R.Br.

Porcelainflower (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Gentianales > Apocynaceae > Hoya

Characteristics

Shrubs epiphytic, climbing, glabrous except for inflorescences. Stems robust, to 6 m, pale gray, smooth. Petiole 1-1.5 cm; leaf blade broadly ovate-cordate to ovate-oblong or elliptic, 3.5-13 × 3-5 cm, base rounded to shallowly cordate, apex obtuse or short acuminate; lateral veins ca. 4 pairs, obscure. Pseudumbels extra-axillary, globose, ca. 30-flowered, pubescent; peduncle ca. 4 cm. Pedicel 2-4 cm. Corolla white, sometimes with a pink center, rotate, 1.5-2 cm in diam.; lobes triangular, densely papillate inside, margin recurved, apex reflexed. Corona lobes stellate spreading, outer angle acute, middle ridge prominent, margin strongly reflexed and enclosing a hollow space at base, inner angle acute, incumbent on anthers. Stigma head obtuse or obscurely apiculate. Follicles linear-lanceolate, 6-10 × 0.5-1.5 cm. Seeds ca. 5 × 1 mm; coma ca. 2.5 cm. 2n = 22*.
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1.5 cm long. Inflorescences indeterminate umbelliform racemes; peduncles ca. 1 cm long; pedicels 2-3 cm long. Flowers cream-pinkish, waxy-appearing, ca. 1.5 cm in diameter; calyx lobes elliptic, ca. 3 mm long and 1 mm wide; corolla rotate, lobes triangular, 4 mm long and 4 mm wide at the base; corona segments forming a star-shaped structure, the points alternating with the corolla lobes, the segments ca. 3 mm long and 2 mm wide. Follicles smooth, acuminate.
Coarse glabrous vines. Leaves thick, coriaceous, shining, ovate to ovate-elliptic, acuminate, basally rounded, 5-8 cm long and 3-4 cm wide; petioles 1-
Life form perennial
Growth form
Growth support climber
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 1.0
Mature height (meter) 1.5
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
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Fruit color -
Fruiting months
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light 5-8
Soil humidity 3-7
Soil texture 3-4
Soil acidity 2-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 10-12

Usage

Uses environmental use food medicinal
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings.
Mode cuttings seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) 1
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Flower

Hoya carnosa flower picture by JH LEE (cc-by-sa)
Hoya carnosa flower picture by 혜숙 전 (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Hoya carnosa world distribution map, present in Bhutan, China, Colombia, Fiji, Honduras, India, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Mexico, Myanmar, Malaysia, Panama, Philippines, Korea (Democratic People's Republic of), Trinidad and Tobago, Taiwan, Province of China, United States of America, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), Viet Nam, and Zimbabwe

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:107308-3
WFO ID wfo-0000725176
COL ID 3MRLT
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 629868
Wikipedia (EN) Link
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Synonyms

Hoya carnosa Hoya compacta Hoya intermedia Hoya variegata Cynanchum carnosum Hoya motoskei Hoya crassifolia Schollia carnosa Schollia chinensis Schollia crassifolia Stapelia chinensis Asclepias carnosa Hoya skinneriana Hoya chinensis Hoya rotundifolia Hoya carnosa var. carnosa Hoya carnosa var. gushanica
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